Physics
Scientific paper
Mar 1976
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1976soph...47..101h&link_type=abstract
(NASA, IAU, IUGG, and International Council of Scientific Unions, Workshop on Flare Build-up Study, Falmouth, Mass., Sept. 8-11,
Physics
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Earth Magnetosphere, Geomagnetic Tail, Magnetic Field Configurations, Plasma Layers, Polar Substorms, Satellite Observation, Auroras, Energy Storage, Imp, Kinetic Energy, Lines Of Force, Magnetohydrodynamic Flow, Vela Satellites
Scientific paper
Vela and IMP 6 observations of the plasma and magnetic field in earth's magnetotail are reported which have revealed that two predicted features of magnetic merging occurred in association with magnetospheric substorms. These features are a rapid plasma flow in both directions along the boundary between two regions of plasma containing oppositely directed field lines and a reversal of the field components along the boundary. The behavior of the magnetotail plasma sheet during two substorms is described in detail, and it is concluded that magnetic merging plays a dominant role in the substorm phenomenon. These observations are shown to constitute a substantial confirmation that magnetic merging occurs in the magnetotail and serves to convert stored magnetic energy into the kinetic energy of auroral particles.
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